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8.2 · Minor Progressions

More minor roads

Four famous minor roads, four different gaits. Two of them differ by a single note, the raised 7th inside V; two climb or descend the bright lamps. Learn the shapes; you'll hear them under half your library.

The tour

Play each road, watch the colors walk. Home is A minor throughout.

Am
Dm
Em
Am

All-minor i–iv–v–i. Modal, folky, centuries old. No raised 7th anywhere.

Am
Dm
E
Am

Swap in major V and the same trip turns theatrical. Tango, ballads, film scores.

Am
G
F
E

i–VII–VI–V steps downhill one chord at a time. Flamenco's signature descent.

F
G
Am
Am

VI–VII–i starts in the light and lands home in shadow. Trailer music's favorite move.

Quiz

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